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What factors can cause a person's blood pressure to decrease? |
Regular exercise, and eating a balanced diet can cause a person's blood pressure to decrease. |
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What is a stroke?
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A stroke is when high blood pressure causes blood vessels to burst because the pressure of blood flow is too powerful for the blood vessels to contain it, so blood vessels burst. When a blood vessel bursts in the brain it can damage it, which is called a stroke.
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What can high blood pressure cause? |
High Blood Pressure can cause kidney damage, burst blood vessels, and strokes. |
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What is systolic blood pressure? |
Systolic blood pressure is the maximum pressure the heart produces. |
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What is diastolic blood pressure? |
Diastolic blood pressure is the blood pressure between heart beats. |
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What factors can cause a persons blood pressure to increase? |
Stress, a high alcohol intake, smoking, and being overweight can cause a persons blood pressure to increase. |
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What can Low Blood Pressure cause? |
Low Blood Pressure can cause faint, dizziness, and poor circulation. |
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What is fitness? |
Fitness is having the ability to do physical activities. |
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What is Health? |
Health is whether you are free from disease or not. |
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What can measure your level of fitness? |
Cardiovascular efficiency can measure your level of fitness. |
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What activity can measure strength? |
The amount of weights lifted can measure strength. |
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What activity can measure flexibility? |
The amount of joint movement can measure flexibility. |
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What activity can measure Stamina? |
The amount of sustained exercise can measure stamina. |
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What activity can measure agility? |
By changing directions many times we can measure agility. |
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What activity can measure speed? |
By having a sprint race we can measure speed. |
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How does smoking cause poor blood circulation? |
Smoking causes low blood circulation because Nicotine increases the heart rate and carbon monoxide reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. It prevents red blood cells from carrying haemoglobin around the body. This causes an increase in heart rate to compensate for the reduced amount of oxygen carried in the blood. Smoking can cause heart disease. |
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What causes heart attacks?
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Blood vessels called the coronary arteries supply blood to the heart muscles. If they become blocked, a heart attack can happen.
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coronary arteries
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What effect does carbon monoxide have on the body? |
It combines with haemoglobin and reduces transport of oxygen by red blood cells. |
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